What's a Youatarian? It's my own phrase I have used when people ask me how I have lost my excess weight. I'm a Youatarian and live the youatarian lifestyle. Simply put, a Youatarian is someone that follows YOU On a Diet. For any YOAD followers out there that would like to adopt the phrase
for themselves, please feel free.

- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)



Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!

My Story

In July 2006, I visited the doctor for a multitude of
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.

My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.

In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.

My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.

Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.

It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.

The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!

We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.

From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!

And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!

And its all thanks to YOAD!



Sunday, September 2, 2007

Meatloaf for dinner....mmmmm

Hello everyone.

I wanted to say thanx to everyone who posted under me "Hello" blog entry. It's great that
I can share experiences with everyone!

It's been a lazy day and I have spent the last three hours playing Planetside! Fun,
fun fun! But. my wife has to work and she is due back home shortly and she has requested
my homemade meatloaf. I haven't made it in 4 months. So, I've decided to post my recipe for all to enjoy!

Most of the ingrdients are YOAD approved. The only questionable one is
matzo meal. But, I don't use a lot and that's the way I have always made
it and my wife and I have decided not to change the recipe. Matzo meal
is not whole but not as processed as white flour so it has a tad more
nutrition than regular bread crumbs. You can substitute some a YOAD friendly
additive if you like.

Here are the ingredients -

1 medium size red onion
1 medium size orange pepper
2lbs of 96% lean ground beef
2 eggs
1/2 cup matzo meal
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons A-1 sauce
4 oz tomato sauce
A few shakes of kosher salt
Bottle of ketchup or chili sauce

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

Cut onions and peppers fine. In a saucepan, sautee the onions and
peppers until tender. Any oil will work. Set aside and allow to cool
for a few minutes. Then, in large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients
starting with the ground beef. When onions and peppers are
cool enough, add into mixture and throughourly mix all ingredients.
In baking pan or other appropariate dish, place "glump" into pan and
form a loaf shaped...thing. :) Place into oven and bake with lid on for
60 minutes. Then, remove pan and add a thin layer of ketchup or chili
sauce on top of loaf, and then place back into oven with lid off for another
20 minutes. Take out and it's done.

Entire meatloaf will be about 1800 calories, give or take 100 or so.
Of course, we have only a slice or so for dinner and the rest
is left overs. MMmm...even better :)

Enjoy!

3 comments:

Chari said...

The Meat Loaf Recipe sounds divine Marshall! I wish my hubby could cook, well maybe he can but just doesn't. It's OK though, he is a tennis pro and doesn't need to lose weight. He doesn't eat like I do, so it's just as well. Check on ya tomorrow.

Chari

Vinyl Bozz said...

I enjoy cooking and my wife and I share that responsibility.

Since being on YOAD, I think I do a bit more cooking than ealier in our relationship because my wife knows how to cook southern style. Although all of her dishes are to die for, most aren't YOAD friendly...LOL.

So, we have learned the new way to cook together. Also, I never work nights and she does at times so that leaves the cooking in my hands a bit more often.

But, I enjoy cooking so that is just fine by me :)

Have a great day!

Chari said...

Marshall , the Hersheys looks awesome, I still can't find it. Maybe they are just out of it for now, I'll keep looking. The Blogs looking great!

Have a nice Labor day!
Chari